Junior Developer Jobs in Sheffield

Junior Developer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Junior Developer salary in Sheffield is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 77 102
Rank change year-on-year +39 +25 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 4 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.41% 0.66% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 0.69% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,250 £28,175
25th Percentile £27,875 £26,250 £29,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -14.06% -
75th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £34,688
90th Percentile - £34,500 £36,375
South Yorkshire median annual salary £29,000 £27,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% -14.06% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 272 1,015 822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.77% 95.48% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 186 820 405
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £24,490
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £33,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £47,754
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -0.53% -9.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £71,740
South Yorkshire median annual salary £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% -10.00%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Junior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in Sheffield

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Developer in Sheffield.

Salary trend for Junior Developer in Sheffield

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Junior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Groovy
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) HTML

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Groovy
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript